Coverage balance: ACTION vs REACTION

Everyone knows: with every action, there is a reaction.  This applies to quality wedding coverage, yet many photographers forget.  Yes, it's important to capture a grand entrance.  This is standard.  Everyone, even uncle Jack gets this shot.  When Beatriz and Mauricio hired me to capture their wedding, they were investing in a key insight that carries their coverage to to a whole different level.  This vision requires a deeper level of perception and yields the kind of imagery that truly captures the whole story:  a bride enters the ballroom, her mother's reaction to seeing her daughter enter the room for the first time as a married woman... the bride walking down the aisle with her father and a groom seeing his wife for the first time.... a toast by the father of the groom and his mother listening to her husband as he proclaims his respect for his grown son...

Thoughts on Props: Fun or Cheesy?

Okay, so props in a photoshoot can take a dangerous step towards the cheese factor.  On the other hand, what can be more fun than an oversize balloon!  I believe props can work as long as they aren't the focus of the shoot and that they are only a supporting element in the creative collaboration.  In some ways, the walls I choose, the sun I work with and the couple themselves are elements or props that we can work with.  Introducing more to the mix can be really exciting and create a space that allows for images we wouldn't have conceived of otherwise.  It's also really important to think of the shoot as a creative collaboration with my clients.  I always want the ideas to flow back and forth so that we, as a collective, can build on the synergy.

What to expect.

You are reading this blog to see the latest and most relevant photos, but you will get a lot more than that.  Every photographer is on a creative trajectory and the most talented are constantly reinventing themselves.  This is where you can witness my process and thoughts in great detail.  This is more than a regurgitation of just another wedding.  Photographing love is my passion, my camera is the mine that produces these golden images.  You are investing an incredible amount into your wedding and your photographer will be the one to frame how you see that wedding for decades to come.